There are some news.
Wednesday August 25, 2010 Remember in the update on July 27, 2010 where we said 'bands yet to be confirmed'? (scroll down if you need refreshing). Well here is your first glimpse at the new female Peregrine falcon of Alcoa Anglesea.
This isn't breaking news to some of our followers out there. In February there were sightings of an unbanded female at the nest box. However because it was out of breeding season, we weren't able to account for the whereabouts of our resident female, Sheila.
It's a little sad to have lost Sheila, our adult female at Anglesea since 2003. Gosh she was aggressive but she was also a very dedicated mother.
Picture of the new female
http://tinyurl.com/2uw8tbm Tuesday August 24, 2010 The new nest box for Sheila and Havoc remains vacant and any day now it would be expected that Sheila would settle down to lay her first egg. Regular patrols continue of the Power Station in case Sheila returns here but at this stage there is no evidence of a 'nest'.
Tuesday August 10, 2010 A Peregrine falcon sits upon the water tower where it's nest box once stood and unfortunately there is no evidence of Sheila or Havoc having visited their new nest box. As you can see from this picture of our Station (with a falcon on each corner!), it is 7 floors of attractive looking ledges and beams. Can our nest box compete?
On a positive note, Sheila and Havoc continue to spend time at the Power Station and courting
behaviour is in full swing. There will be a nest.... but where?
Havok on water tower
http://tinyurl.com/2wqjcqhBoth falcons at station
http://tinyurl.com/3yxp5lf
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Thank you for sharing.
On the Broad St. bridge Lynda joined Dan and I. Shortly after Lynda arrived, Debbie H came by on her way to work for a short stay. Our little guy Archer was busy this morning! As Lynda called it, he did a quadruple performance. 4 stoops in an hours time right in front of us! His first was off the OCSR building missing and flying to the base of Mercury. 2 more stoops off Mercury missing and flying to the SW corner of the Convention center. First time I've seen a falcon on there. A crow landed a foot away from him and started harassing him,then another one did the same. After a brief time Archer lost patience with them stooped on and chased the original crow out of there and returned to the base of Mercury. Dan left and missed the grand finale by just a couple minutes. Archer stooped on a small bird that flew just above the surface of the river. Came up with it in his talons and proceeded to fly to the north side of OCSR. We cheered wildly for his efforts. The whole time Beauty remained on the SW corner seemingly unfazed by her mates performance. I checked before leaving and sure enough Archer was on the top Ibeam north corner opposite his Beauty who was on the west corner. What a wonderful watch on a late August morning in Rachacha! 
